Was 1958 the all time greatest vintage for iconic women?

by Nathaniel R

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADGE ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
-Sharon Stone

Today is Madonna's birthday which we celebrated over at our official Instagram account (are you following yet? Plz do!) and on Twitter. She's 64 today having been born on this day in 1958 in Michigan. Angela Bassett shares her exact birthday. It got us to thinking about what an incredible vintage 1958 was for women who became inarguable legends in their fields. Then, when Sharon Stone, who is also a '58 baby, shared the pic above we knew we had to discuss this nonscientific observation with you.

1958 is the greatest vintage for producing iconic women. Proof is after the jump...

SO MANY IMPORTANT, GENIUS, OBSESSION-CAUSING WOMEN WERE BORN IN 1958. CONSIDER...

ICONIC MOVIE STARS

MICHELLE PFEIFFER

ANGELA BASSETT 

ANNETTE BENING

SHARON STONE 

HOLLY HUNTER

JAMIE LEE CURTIS

LEGENDS OF THE STAGE & SCREEN

FIONA SHAW 

MIRANDA RICHARDSON

BEBE NEUWIRTH

TRAILBLAZING WOMEN OF ROCK

MADONNA

KATE BUSH

JOAN JETT

JANE WIEDLIN and BELINDA CARLISLE (i.e. The Go-Gos)

AND STILL MORE GREATS FROM '58 

hilarious / perfect Oscar-nominated JENNIFER TILLY

Absolutely Fabulous JENNIFER SAUNDERS

breathtaking ANDIE MACDOWELL

brash multi-talented LEA DELARIA

perpetually underappreciated but mesmerizing MADELEINE STOWE

the very funny MO GAFFNEY

Two time Emmy winner MEGAN MULLALLY 

Oscar nominated MARY ELIZABETH MASTRANTONIO

household name comedienne ELLEN DEGENERES

Four time Tony nominee and the singing voice of Disney's Pocahontas JUDY KUHN 

and it wasn't just women!

Lots of rather impressive men were born that year. Just a teeny tiny sampling to prove it: Viggo Mortensen, Tim Burton, Giancarlo Esposito, Charlie Kaufman... and late great music idols like Prince, Michael Jackson, and Andy Gibb.

Do you agree that 1958 is unbeatable or do you have another year that's even more impressive to suggest?

Comments

[DAVID S]

Emma Thompson jussssst missed the cut... she was born in April 1959.

But yes, WOW, how incredible for all these icons to be born around the same time.

Also, just seeing the below list of talent makes me want some sort of ensemble project immediately!...

MICHELLE PFEIFFER
ANGELA BASSETT
ANNETTE BENING
SHARON STONE
HOLLY HUNTER
JAMIE LEE CURTIS

Imagine that cast! MY GOD

[thevoid99]

That is an incredible year of legendary women.

[Finbar McBride]

1949!

Actresses
Meryl Streep
Sigourney Weaver
Pam Grier
Sissy Spacek
Jessica Lange
Shelley Duvall
Fanny Ardant
Shelley Long

Theater
Patti Lupone
Ann Reinking
Judith Light

Icons
Annie Liebovitz
Anna Wintour
Bonnie Raitt
Vera Wang

and Caitlyn Jenner!

[jules]

I was going to mention 1949. Also includes Elizabeth Warren (who shares Meryl's birthday) and Nancy Meyers. And the following famous men:
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Tom Waits
Richard Gere
David Strathairn
Pedro Almodovar
Jeff Bridges
Roger Deakins

[Pam]

Wow. What a year. And showcases the aging process and how it affects different bodies (with or without "work" being done).

[TomG]

Anyone think Angela Bassett might get nominated for Wakanda Forever this year? Wouldn’t it be something if she and Curtis were nominated in the same category?